Gas and Petroleum Engines
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Gas and Petroleum Engines is translated and adapted from the French and edited by A. G. Elliott. The preface says the great and increasing importance of internal combustion motors is perhaps scarcely realized by the general public.
A description of an engine says a portion is surrounded by a closed chamber forming a boiler, where steam is formed for use in the gas plant, and that the steam is superheated in a spiral coil placed on the top of the gasogene. The text says the drawback lies in the compressor, which uses up about one-third of the indicated power, but that the speed is exceedingly constant, and averages about 175 revolutions per minute. A paragraph on Andrews' motor says the governing apparatus in this engine is exceedingly simple and ingenious, consisting of a weight fixed to an oscillating lever which controls the admission valve. The text says Matter et Cie. of Rouen uses the Buire-Lencauchez gasogene for supplying their Simplex engine, and that altogether about 3000 horse-power have been supplied by them on this system.
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- Author
- H. de Graffigny
- Pages
- 132
- Language
- English
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- Engineering
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